Thyroid FNA biopsies comprised of abundant, mature squamous cells can be reported as benign: A cytologic study of 18 patients with clinical correlation.

Athena L Chen Andrew A RenshawWilliam C FaquinErik K AlexanderHoward T HellerEdmund S Cibas

Published in: Cancer cytopathology (2018)

The findings of the current study suggest that thyroid FNA specimens comprised almost exclusively of mature squamous cells can be reported as benign. Cancer Cytopathol 2018;126:336-41. © 2018 American Cancer Society.

Keyphrases

induced apoptosis
papillary thyroid
cell cycle arrest
high grade
squamous cell carcinoma
endoplasmic reticulum stress
cell death
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